Our cause is just, and the might of Korea that is united with truth is infinite.

Want to know what’s more destructive than a nuclear bomb? Words.

The days are gone forever when our enemies could blackmail us with nuclear bombs.

The military might of a country represents its national strength. Only when it builds up its military might in every way can it develop into a thriving country.

The revolution is carried out by means of one's thought.

Compared to 10 years ago the primary motivation for defection has gone from food, to freedom.

The industrial revolution in the new century is, in essence, a scientific and technological revolution, and breaking through the cutting edge is a shortcut to the building of an economic giant.

Past records of inter-Korean relations show that confrontation between fellow countrymen leads to nothing but war.

The entire United States is within range of our nuclear weapons, and a nuclear button is always on my desk. This is reality, not a threat.

The forest restoration campaign is a war to ameliorate nature.

In order to develop the country's sports in line with the great leaders' ideas and plan of developing Juche-based sports, our Party directs great efforts to the work of the sports sector.

People fear what they don't understand.

Any woman who diets all the time can't help but be grouchy. Nobody can be amusing or entertaining on a diet.

I had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be.

If your not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your job.

Look, dear! How adorable. When pop music tries its very hardest, it can be almost as good as Sven Hassel.

Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors early on. As a kid, my mother used to take me to see really interesting arty films in Los Angeles.

I seem always to have two or three novels going at once. It takes me a long time to finish one.

What if the question is not why I am so infrequently the person I really want to be, but why do I so infrequently want to be the person I really am?

When you step away from it all, you lose perspective.

Change your mind and it will change your life. If nothing around you changes, changes the things that are around you.